This image of Latrobe terrace captures the current trend of thrift stores in the area, often defining Paddington, these stores represent a mode of retail which promotes a strong connection to cultural heritage, as well as the reuse and recycling of used goods. My development aims to express these notions in a new and innovative way, promoting cultural heritage, whilst also promoting "sustainable" retail models and incorporating affordable housing.
KEY ARCHITECTURAL RESPONSES:
In order to design a development with clear objectives, some key architectural responses have been formed in response to key issues:
GENTRIFICATION - Affordable housing, Student Accom.
DENSIFICATION - Vertical Stacking, Urban Hierarchy, Mixed Use development.
CULTURAL HERITAGE - Arts/Cultural Spaces, Thrift/Reuse, Adding to rich cultural heritage already present.
RETAIL SPACE - Re-inventing retail space, incorporating various modes of Retail (Rigid, Flexible, Semi-Flexible)
COMMUNITY FOCUS - Green Space, Education, Knowledge Share.
The retail component of my development will play a significant part in the final design. Re-inventing the current trends in retail models as well as consumption patterns. In project i we mentioned the clear separation of PUBLIC/PRIVATE/CORPORATE spaces in urban areas, and how this can be challenged.
A successful model for this is the "pop-up" shop, here retail becomes more of a community platform, to showcase craft, art and design while still being a retail model.
RE-INVENTING THE TRADITIONAL
One of the most historical retail/public urban spaces is that of the town-square. This space has been one of the most simple expressions of social urban spaces, often transforming into a cultural or retail space. This typology of urban space stuck with me as a model on which to experiment applying my architectural responses.
BIG Architects experiments with the same town square model creating a new neighbourhood with a strong focus on sport and recreation...
"...the streets animated by a publicly orientated functions for education, news and culture, and commerce resemble the functional diversity of a medieval downtown."
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